About this episode
This episode focuses on various aspects of grape cultivation, featuring interviews with experts.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit gardenbasics.substack.com Today’s podcast here on Beyond the Garden Basics is all about grapes. We have two interviews with two Sacramento County UC Master Gardeners, who specialize in grape selection, planting, trellising, feeding, watering, protecting, and harvesting both wine grapes and table grapes. You’re going to discover the best disease and heat resistant varieties, the best tasting grape varieties, and detailed information about pruning both table grapes and wine grapes. And if ever there was a podcast that screamed for pictures, charts, graphics, and more. It’s this one. To the rescue is the original newsletter that contains this podcast, Beyond the Garden Basics, which you can find with an easy search or just to Substack dot com. In the newsletter, we’ll have more explanations about what we talk about in the podcast, including diagrams explaining the various pruning techniques for grapes, best performing grape varieties, and links to grape growing advice from universities throughout the country.
People in this episode
Host: Farmer Fred
Guest: Sacramento County UC Master Gardeners
Topics covered
- grape selection
- planting grapes
- grape trellising
- grape feeding
- grape harvesting
- pruning grapes
Keywords
- grapes
- wine grapes
- table grapes
- pruning techniques
- disease resistant varieties
- heat resistant varieties
- grape growing advice
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Sacramento County UC Master Gardeners, Beyond the Garden Basics, Substack
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